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Bushmaster in Windham (Maine) closing, 73 workers affected
WGME-6 ^
| 12/10/10
| Ted Homer
Posted on 12/10/2010 2:29:20 PM PST by maine yankee
The company that owns Bushmaster Firearms in Windham is shutting the facility down, putting more than 70 people out of work.
Freedom Group, Inc. which owns the Bushmaster brand, says it's closing the facility on Roosevelt Trail, effective March 31, 2011
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TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Maine
KEYWORDS: arms; banglist; bushmaster; maine
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To: omega4179
Good! If prices fall, I’ll buy a couple more.
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posted on
12/10/2010 4:05:14 PM PST
by
clee1
(We use 43 muscles to frown, 17 to smile, and 2 to pull a trigger. I'm lazy and I'm tired of smiling.)
To: GlockThe Vote
I had over a dozen guns, until the boat went down in the storm. Not sure if any will ever be found.
This weekend I'm going to a gun show {just to look}, I'd never buy one of those guns at a place that the demonRATs keep saying should be as illegal as a mexican wetback.
To: benewton
Paying a little too much for quality is not a issue for firearms if it means quality.
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posted on
12/10/2010 5:35:13 PM PST
by
GlockThe Vote
(Who needs Al Queda to worry about when we have Obama?)
To: maine yankee
Now I’m glad I have that extra (still new-in-the-box) one for parts...{:-)
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posted on
12/11/2010 8:33:13 PM PST
by
SuperLuminal
(Where is another agitator for republicanism like Sam Adams when we need him?)
To: maine yankee
If you want an example of media bias, read this Bloomberg/AP story about the plant closing.
WARNING: Have the digitalis ready!
Here is the first line of the article:
The Maine gun plant that produced the semiautomatic rifle used by the Beltway snipers will close, putting about 70 people out of work.
Gun maker's plant in Maine to close, 70 lose jobs
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posted on
12/12/2010 5:55:28 AM PST
by
Erik Latranyi
(Too many conservatives urge retreat when the war of politics doesn't go their way.)
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